as in brawl
a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people
a verbal disagreement at the football game soon turned into a general melee involving scores of spectators
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Recent Examples of melee
Next weekend is shaping up to be a multi-front melee for the box office gold.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 June 2026
Scores of young men recorded the melee on their phones while others tried to break up the brawl.
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Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
That year also included a violent mass melee among students on campus.
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Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Adam Gray / Getty Images Video shows a total melee, with fans fighting, ripping out street signs and banging on cars.
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Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 June 2026
Scores of young men recorded the melee on their phones while others tried to break up the brawl.
—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
That year also included a violent mass melee among students on campus.
—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Adam Gray / Getty Images Video shows a total melee, with fans fighting, ripping out street signs and banging on cars.
—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for melee
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melee
brawl
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Interspersed with the adventure – and quite a few brawls with bad guys – are flashbacks to Kara’s time on Krypton and adopting Krypto.
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Strickland and Ospreay brawl in the ring with the former standing tall.
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“Melee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melee. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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